The Best + Brightest: Forbes' 30 Under 30 Lists (Plus: Steal Their Looks!)

You probably already know 24-year-old singer Adele’s story backwards and forwards by now—but that doesn’t stop her achievements from being any less impressive. First Grammy by 21, a sweep of six more this year, so many other awards and nominations we can’t even count them, and hey, guess what? She’s a new mum too!

You know what the really crazy thing about Lady Gaga is? 15 years ago when we were still in the height of cookie-cutter Britney Spears clones, Gaga probably wouldn’t have stood a chance at making it in the mainstream. Now, though, the 26-year-old is a bonafide icon in more ways than one. Way to be, Gaga.